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questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...

critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...

is an idea that makes sense. Descartes went the other way, contending that it is the thought process that defines the human being ...

of those objects were independent of his own thought processes: "I perceived certain objects wholly different from my thought, na...

2002) . Rene Descartes on the other hand delved into the idea of immediate conscious thinking (2002). Locke viewed identity as be...

what can be seen or proven. While Melissa could surely use the argument in her defense as if the body is separate from the soul...

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

theme, in fact, throughout the book, as resentments continued to simmer). Peasants, for the most part, pretty much dont know they ...

This book review is on Paul the Apostle, His Life and Legacy in Their Roman Context by J. Albert Harrill. This unusual biography f...

distinct beliefs, such as Christ as Savior and Redeemer (Balchin). They were also clear about cosmic redemption, which demonstrate...

A 3 page reaction paper to Immanuel Kant’s 1786 text “Speculative Beginning of Human History,” which draws on the Judeo/Christian ...

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

this attests, the historiography and authenticity of Acts is well established, with many scholars supporting the idea that it was ...

have an otherwise broad range and potentiality; however, these aspects were often squelched by a need for systematic control. ...

A devout person will say that he or she "sees" "God in all things" (Hodges 101). This person is referring to an act of "intuitive ...

did. He punished Adam and Eve for disobeying Him. As one pastor reminds us: "The Bible says that God will hold us accountable for ...

ideals clearly possessed an understanding that many people had no "maturity" and no real understanding of enlightenment. Kings mis...

the consequences of human action" (Kemerling, 2001). What Kant is saying is that even if we make a choice to take some sort of act...

a cause. The best solution for the primal cause of the universe is God; therefore, God exists. However, this brings up the questio...

was that all humans are born with an inherent worth which he labeled human dignity (Mazur, 1993). He further felt that human dign...

humans should be moral we often think of the works of those major philosophers who adamantly supported morality. We look to great...

In ten pages this paper discusses goodness through the concepts of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant and discusses how in assista...

non-hypothetical, because she is operating on the belief that non-hypothetical and imperatives cannot co-exist. This would seem to...

based primarily on sex, and one partner ages poorly, the other partner may leave the relationship. In some way, if the relationshi...

delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

In six pages this paper examines good will and reason from the conceptual philosophical perspective of Immanuel Kant with argument...

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

In looking at the greatest good we may argue that there are many people that have benefited from the use of the internet,...